Senior Finance Manager - Consumer AI Margin Strategy

Senior Finance Manager

Join Microsoft's Consumer Margin and AI team - an innovative finance group driving our AI-first strategy to empower businesses worldwide. We're seeking a finance professional passionate about delivering actionable insights and driving positive business outcomes. If you're passionate about using technology to transform financial processes and want to make an impact in a dynamic, inclusive environment, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Senior Finance Manager on Microsoft's Consumer Margin and AI team, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy behind some of our most impactful businesses-Search, News, Ads, and Copilot. Your work ensures healthy margins, optimizes operational costs, and drives investment decisions that fuel innovation and growth. In this role, you'll lead margin and investment analysis, support annual planning and forecasting, and provide strategic guidance during financial close periods. You'll leverage advanced financial modeling, integrate diverse data sources into clear narratives, and collaborate across teams to manage risk and ensure compliance. By influencing structural efficiencies and long-term bets, you'll help deliver sustainable value to customers and advance Microsoft's AI-first vision-all within a collaborative, inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives and bold ideas.

We're excited to offer a hybrid role that gives you the best of both worlds. You'll get to collaborate in person with your teammates at our Redmond office three days a week, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work the rest of the time. If you love connecting face-to-face and also appreciate some work-from-home days, this could be a great fit for you.

Our team culture is centered around Microsoft's corporate values and the One Microsoft approach with business partners. Our team is comprised of many individuals with diverse backgrounds and values the unique perspectives and thought processes each colleague brings to the table. Our team leans into helping one another and is not afraid to try new things with a growth mindset mentality.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

Lead the WebXT Infrastructure Platform strategy to advance fleet management and improve efficiencies for all non-GPU capacity infrastructure resources.

Collaborate with engineering partners to design frameworks and define KPIs that measure infrastructure unit cost and usage drivers.

Drive ROI analysis on AI investments across the WebXT portfolio to ensure value and impact.

Drive financial planning and forecasting, provide strategic guidance during close periods, and deliver clear, actionable insights to support executive decision-making across WebXT business and finance leadership.

Partner with revenue teams to understand and optimize the margin profile of our AI business within WebXT.

Leverage advanced financial modeling and integrate diverse data sources into clear, compelling narratives that inform decision-making.

Qualifications

Required / Minimum Qualifications :

Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 4+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience.

3+ years of experience partnering with stakeholders to influence decisions, build trust, and drive collaborative outcomes, demonstrated through successful delivery of projects or initiatives.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications :

4+ year(s) experience in data analysis and financial modeling, including experience working with financial systems and tools.

3+ year(s) experience in delivering high-value, high-impact projects through both individual contributions and cross-functional team collaboration.

3+ year(s) experience in operating at multiple levels-from strategic, high-level initiatives to detailed cost analysis such as Cost of Goods Sold (COGS).

Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $123,500 - $206,400 per year.